110Specified electrical equipment

110 Specified electrical equipment (iii) is moved during its normal use for the purpose of its use. Examples for subregulation (1)(b) and (c) 1 A handheld grinder plugged into a socket-outlet. 2 A handheld electric drill plugged into a socket-outlet that is used for drilling holes in steelwork in a light engineering workshop. (2) Subject to subregulation (3), a person conducting a business or undertaking that performs manufacturing work must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure the electrical equipment specified in subregulation (1) is not used to perform the work unless the equipment: (a) is inspected and tested by a competent person: (i) in the case of equipment that is double insulated – at least once every year; or (ii) otherwise – at least once every 6 months; and (b) is connected to: (i) in the case of a socket-outlet in a permanent workplace under the control of the person conducting the business or undertaking – a type 1 safety switch or type 2 safety switch that is not portable; or (ii) otherwise – a type 1 safety switch or a type 2 safety Example for subregulation (2)(b)(ii) The premises of a customer visited by the worker.

Electrical Safety Regulations 2024 64 (3) Subregulation (2)(b) does not apply to a socket-outlet that is: (a) more than 2.3 m above the floor; and (b) provided for the purpose of supplying electricity to a luminaire or to electrical equipment with a power rating of not more than 150 W. person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that shows the minimum information for the equipment. (5) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under and (6) A person conducting a business or undertaking that performs manufacturing work must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subregulation (4) unless: (b) both of the following apply to the equipment and tag respectively: (ii) the tag was attached by the competent person. subregulation (2), (4), (5) or (6).

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